Inspired by the moonshining methods of colonial Americans, Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse created this limited edition winter wonder in a perfect slim stocking stuffer size (gift hint). Black Applejack pays tribute to the method of jacking (distilling) apples into...
With this past weekend’s cold snap across the Pacific Northwest, it’s no denying that winter is nipping at our heels. For many in BC (and beyond) the drop in the temperature signals more than down coats. It’s the time to head up the Sea to Sky Highway to Whistler....
According to Vancouver's Bomber Brewing, their Choqlette Porter is a love letter from a male beer lover to his doting wife. By fusing one of her favorite things (chocolate) with one of his favorite things (beer), Bomber puts the romance and art of brewing into a...
"A family of spirits that entice and intrigue.” Such is what Vancouver’s Odd Society Spirits is on a mission to make. The young craft distillery’s new Crème de Cassis hits the mark, marrying a secret recipe from the personal chef to the late Belgian King Leopold...
Every city has them. Those familiar, steadfast places that remind me of buoys—riding the tide through ups and downs, surfing the trends, eyeing the temping but dangerous rocky reefs and keeping above water throughout. Sure, fashion comes and goes, and some years...
After decades of being painted with a British brush, Victoria, British Columbia, is recently enjoying a swath of Spanish color, via a collective of tapas restaurants in the downtown core. Yes, there have been Spanish eateries come and go, and some true gems in the...
There are roads, there are streets and then there are boulevards. That’s the progression and quality inherent in Vancouver’s new swish seafood restaurant, Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar. Located in the iconic Sutton Place Hotel, the extensively and expensively...
North of Kelowna, British Columbia, you’ll come across the town of Vernon and home to one of the newest kids on the cider scene, The BX Press. A third generation farming family, Dave and Melissa (and their three young daughters) opened The BX Press earlier this...
If you’ve traveled anywhere throughout Spain, you’ll feel a distinct and comforting déjà-vu when you slip into the Gastown neighborhood’s cozy (and aptly-named) Sardine Can. Though the narrow, understated slice of a room might be an anomaly in our...
I like British Columbian Cabernet Franc. But I really, really like BC Cab Franc when winemakers don’t try and trick it up with heavy oak and extraction, but rather just let it be its brambly, characterful, juicy, savory self. The Similkameen Valley’s family owned...
